[GRASS-dev] Locking is not supported on Windows

[marco.pasetti at alice.it]

Hi all,
 
there's a thing that I never understood: why Locking is not supported on Windows?
Then:
 
1) what is exactly locking? I tried to find it on the programmer's manual, but without success
 
2) I noticed that, when opening a location/mapset, GRASS doesn't create the .gislock file, as done on linux; without the .gislock file it's impossibel to change the working environment (that is the mapset...) by the g.mapset module
 
3) Could you please show me the related chapter/section in the programmer's manual where I can find information about it?
 
Thanks,
 
Marco
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